Cultivator attachment



Oct. 12 1926. 1502, 413

. J. R. SAFAR CULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. 15, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct- 12,1926. v F 1,602,413

J. R. SAFAR CULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. 15, 1,925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

JAMES RICHARD SAFAB, erm ne, rnxas.

CULTIVATOB ATTACHMENT.

' Application filed. September 15, 1925. Serial No. 56,495. 1 p y This invention relates to a cultivator attachment, and the object of theinvention is the construction of an attachment for a cultivator of a standard make, whereby the operator can cultivate close to a fence'or a row of trees, or can cultivate more extensively than when using an ordinary cul tivator, without my attachment.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations, "and arrangements of parts, as willbe hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an attachment constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the same attached to a standard cultivator, while Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same. I Figure 3 is an elevational front view of my attachment as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the attachment.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the primary bracket device.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, my attachment comprises a transverse bar 1 laid across tivator, and attached to barl, at their upper ends, are preferably four vertical rods 3; the function of these rods 3 will appear hereinafter.

A yoke I attached at its upper portion to tongue 2 by a sleeve 5, which sleeve holds the yoke at its upper end in a rigid position as it is secured to the tongue. The lower ends of the yoke terminate in lateral extensions 6.

On eachlateral extension 6, I place an inner sleeve 7 that has, at its inner end, a primary bracket device 8. This bracket device 8 comprises a vertical body 9 fixedly secured, at its lower end, to sleeve 7, and

' integral with one of the vertical edges of body 9 is a horizontal angle bracket 10'. This angle bracket 10 is provided with a horizontal aperture 11 registering with aperture 12. A large aperture 13 is formed in the lower portion of body 9 and registers with the hollow sleeve 7 so that the lateral extension 6, of yoke 4, can extend therethrough. At the outer'end of each sleeve 7, I place an auxiliary bracket device 14, which has apertured upstanding ear 15 to which the lower end of one of the rods 3 the tongue 2 of a standard cul-' is attached; this bracket 14 also is provided with another car 16 that is apertured, and which is positioned (Fig. 4:) at right angles to em 15. A bolt 17 extends through registering apertures 11 and 12 (Fig; 5) and througlr' the aperture in ear 16, efliciently and rigidly locking the parts together. It is to be devices 8, as is clearly seen in Figure 3.

An outer sleeve 18isplaced on each lateral extension 6, and by a coupling device- 19, I secure tube 20 to the extension 6. On

tube 20 is a coupling device 21, to which is secured a shovel or sweep 22. v v

The coupling device 19 comprises two sleeve-surrounding 'blocks 2'3-(Fig. 4t) and to the rearward ends of which blocks is secured a yoke 24 that is attached to the for- The rear ends of the tubes 20 are connected up by bridging coupling devices 27 (Fig. 2) to the rear ends of the standard tubes 28 of the ordinary wheeled cultivator,

under-. stood that there are two primary bracket so that the tubes 20 and their shovels 22 will not float idly, but will be compelled to cultivate the ground in a uniform manner with the rest of the shovels of the cultivator.

My attachment can be attached to a single row cultivator in fifteen to twenty,min utes, making said cultivator a true two-row cultivator. With my attachment, a person can cultivate one row of cotton when the two side rows are trees or corn stalks twelve feet high, and both side rows are cultivated very satisfactorily; the operator can cultivate close to garden fences and the like, and every farmer having a one row cultivator can easily convert it into a two row cultivator by attaching my attachment, at a minimum cost.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention and have illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, certain minor changes or alterations may appear to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates, and I, there- 'llO fore, reserve the, right to make such alterations or changes as'shall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a cultivator, of a bar extending across said cultivator, a yoke beneath said bar and carried by said cultivato r said yoke provided at its lower ends With lateral eXtensions, inner and outer sleeves on each of said extensions, a primary bracket device oneach extension and fixedly secured to one end of said inner sleeve, said primary bracket device comprising a vertical portion provided with an aperture, said VGFtiC-Ztl portion provided; at one edge With a horizontal angle bracket partly surround ing a portion 'ofsaid yoke, said angle bracket provided with an aperture registering With the aperture in said vertical portion, an auxiliary bracket on each extension against one end of said inner sleeve, said auxiliary bracket provided with apertured ears, a bolt extending through the yoke and said registering apertures of the vertical portion and the angle braeket and through one of the apertured ears of said auxiliary bracket, means connecting one otthe ears of the auxiliary bracket to said bar, and shovel-carrying tubes outside of said cultivator and connecte'dto said outer sleeves on said lateral extensions.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with. a cultivator, of a bar extending across said cultivator, a yoke contiguous to said her and carried by said cultivator, said yoke provided at its lower ends with lateral extensions, -sleeves onsaid lateral extensions, bracket devices on said sleeves and against the lower ends of said yoke, each bracket device provided With an extension partly surround ig a portion of said yoke, said yoke provided with a portion extending through said braoket,ineans connecting the ends or said bar and the ends of said lateral extensions, and shovel attaching means connected to said lateral extensions. I

ln testimony whereoi I hereunto aflix my signature. V

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